Police found the man near the base of the cliff just north of the lookout. Emergency responders from the Englewood Cliffs Fire Department, the East Bergen Rappel Team, the Closter Rescue Squad and the Englewood Hospital EMS and Paramedics helped with the rescue.

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Rappel teams worked nearly three hours to move the man from the base of the cliff, police said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with "non-life threatening traumatic injuries."

The man had apparently walked east from a marked trail through 50 feet of brush and trees to reach the edge of the cliff, police said. Detectives are still investigating how he went over, but they believe he acted on his own, police said.
Update, 9:10 a.m.: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police issued an update to their original release identifying the man who fell as Erwin Villacorta. He was trying to look at boats in the Hudson River when he lost his balance and fell from the ledge, police said.